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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] coronacion, from Anglo-French, from coroner to crown

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] coronacion, from Anglo-French, from coroner to crown

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

==Definition==

==Definition==

* the [[act]] or occasion of crowning; also : accession to the highest office

* the [[act]] or occasion of crowning; also : accession to the highest office

==Description==

==Description==

A '''coronation''' is a [[ceremony]] marking the investiture of a [[monarch]] or their consort with regal [[power]], specifically involving the placement of a crown upon his or her head, and the presentation of other items of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regalia regalia]. This [[rite]] may also include the taking of a special [[vow]], acts of [[homage]] by the new ruler's subjects, and/or [[performance]] of other [[ritual]] deeds of special significance to a given [[nation]]. Coronations were once a vital ritual in many of the world's monarchies, but this changed over time due to a variety of socio-[[political]] and [[religious]] factors. While most monarchies have dispensed with [[formal]] coronation rites, preferring simpler enthronement, investiture, or benediction rites, coronations are still held in the United Kingdom, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga Tonga] and several Asian countries. In common usage, "coronation" often simply refers to the official investiture or enthronement of the monarch, whether an [[actual]] crown is bestowed or not.

A '''coronation''' is a [[ceremony]] marking the investiture of a [[monarch]] or their consort with regal [[power]], specifically involving the placement of a crown upon his or her head, and the presentation of other items of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regalia regalia]. This [[rite]] may also include the taking of a special [[vow]], acts of [[homage]] by the new ruler's subjects, and/or [[performance]] of other [[ritual]] deeds of special significance to a given [[nation]]. Coronations were once a vital ritual in many of the world's monarchies, but this changed over time due to a variety of socio-[[political]] and [[religious]] factors. While most monarchies have dispensed with [[formal]] coronation rites, preferring simpler enthronement, investiture, or benediction rites, coronations are still held in the United Kingdom, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga Tonga] and several Asian countries. In common usage, "coronation" often simply refers to the official investiture or enthronement of the monarch, whether an [[actual]] crown is bestowed or not.

In addition to the investing of the monarch with a diadem and other [[symbols]] of [[state]], coronations often involve [[anointing]] with holy oil, or chrism as it is often called. Wherever a ruler is anointed in this way, as in Great Britain and Tonga, this [[ritual]] takes on an overtly [[religious]] significance, following examples found in the [[Bible]]. Some other lands use bathing or cleansing rites, the drinking of a sacred beverage, or other religious [[practices]] to achieve a comparable effect. Such acts symbolise the granting of [[divine]] [[favour]] to the monarch within the relevant spiritual-religious [[paradigm]] of the country.

In addition to the investing of the monarch with a diadem and other [[symbols]] of [[state]], coronations often involve [[anointing]] with holy oil, or chrism as it is often called. Wherever a ruler is anointed in this way, as in Great Britain and Tonga, this [[ritual]] takes on an overtly [[religious]] significance, following examples found in the [[Bible]]. Some other lands use bathing or cleansing rites, the drinking of a sacred beverage, or other religious [[practices]] to achieve a comparable effect. Such acts symbolise the granting of [[divine]] [[favour]] to the monarch within the relevant spiritual-religious [[paradigm]] of the country.

In the [[past]], [[concepts]] of royalty, coronation and [[deity]] were often inexorably linked. In some ancient [[cultures]], rulers were considered to be [[divine]] or partially divine: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egyptian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh Pharaoh] was believed to be the son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra Ra], the sun god, while in Japan the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan Emperor] was believed to be a descendant of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu Amaterasu], the sun goddess. [[Rome]] promulgated the [[practice]] of emperor [[worship]]; in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Europe Medieval Europe], monarchs claimed to have a [[divine]] right to rule. Coronations were once a direct visual [[expression]] of these alleged connections, but recent centuries have seen the lessening of such [[beliefs]] due to increasing [[secularization]] and democratization. Thus coronations (or their [[religious]] elements, at least) have often been discarded altogether, or altered to reflect the [[constitution]]al [[nature]] of the states in which they are held. However, some monarchies still choose to retain an overtly [[religious]] [[dimension]] to their accession rituals. Others have adopted simpler "enthronement or "[[inauguration]]" ceremonies, or even no [[ceremony]] at all.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation]

In the [[past]], [[concepts]] of royalty, coronation and [[deity]] were often inexorably linked. In some ancient [[cultures]], rulers were considered to be [[divine]] or partially divine: the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egyptian] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh Pharaoh] was believed to be the son of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra Ra], the sun god, while in Japan the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan Emperor] was believed to be a descendant of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu Amaterasu], the sun goddess. [[Rome]] promulgated the [[practice]] of emperor [[worship]]; in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Europe Medieval Europe], monarchs claimed to have a [[divine]] right to rule. Coronations were once a direct visual [[expression]] of these alleged connections, but recent centuries have seen the lessening of such [[beliefs]] due to increasing [[secularization]] and democratization. Thus coronations (or their [[religious]] elements, at least) have often been discarded altogether, or altered to reflect the [[constitution]]al [[nature]] of the states in which they are held. However, some monarchies still choose to retain an overtly [[religious]] [[dimension]] to their accession rituals. Others have adopted simpler "enthronement or "[[inauguration]]" ceremonies, or even no [[ceremony]] at all.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation]

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